Firezone

Infrastructure

vpn server

SHOW HN2021

Firezone

An open-source WireGuard-based alternative to OpenVPN AS

github.com

#wireguard#vpn server#self-hosted vpn#openvpn alternative

183points
35comments
#256of 2,533 in 2021
Top 11%of 2021 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

2 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.07.

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Impressive work and welcome progress for WireGuard tooling

    From 1 comment
    • Impressive work! A number of WireGuard solutions have popped up lately and I'm elated that the capability is becoming more widespread.
      1MachineElf on HN

Objections

  • Lacks two-factor authentication needed for compliance

    From 1 comment
    • I have a singular request - so Wireguard is unusable in any high security environments with compliance requirements - because it doesnt support any 2-factor auth out of the box.…
      sandGorgon on HN

Requests

  • Add 2FA or MFA before granting access

    From 2 comments
    • I have a singular request - so Wireguard is unusable in any high security environments with compliance requirements - because it doesnt support any 2-factor auth out of the box.…
      sandGorgon on HN
    • This is great feedback! You're not the first person to request 2FA. See this issue for discussion: https://github.com/firezone/firezone/issues/259 I'm planning to add…
      jamilbk on HN
  • Support Raspberry Pi OS

    From 1 comment
    • OOh! If there's not already a port for Raspberry Pi OS, might be a fun project for the weekend.
      death_syn on HN
  • Cockpit plugin integration

    From 1 comment
    • I have a feature request. Can you make this optionally integrate into Cockpit as a plugin? For those using Cockpit to remotely manage a machine this would be very nice.
      alexvoda on HN

Questions

  • How does it compare to Tailscale?

    From 1 comment
    • How does this compare to Tailscale (the WireGuard-based VPN+ with great / "easy" UX)?
      chrisweekly on HN
  • Can it run in an LXC container?

    From 1 comment
    • Can I run this in an LXC container? I’ve been having a hard time getting Wireguard to work under proxmox…
      azinman2 on HN

Alternatives named

  • wg-easy

    From 1 comment
    • Alternatively, check out wg-easy, which comes with a beautiful management interface. https://github.com/weejewel/wg-easy
      weejewel on HN
  • Tailscale

    From 1 comment
    • How does this compare to Tailscale (the WireGuard-based VPN+ with great / "easy" UX)?
      chrisweekly on HN
  • Pritunl

    From 1 comment
    • I have a singular request - so Wireguard is unusable in any high security environments with compliance requirements - because it doesnt support any 2-factor auth out of the box.…
      sandGorgon on HN
  • headscale

    From 1 comment
    • headscale is open-source tailscale server. You could probably add 2fa to headscale quite easily
      ptman on HN

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